You really need to stop demonizing Willingham. As a general rule, it is not good to demonize people. It makes you seem incapable of being objective. For example, not once have you considered the fact that Willingham led Stanford to bowl games and twice beat a Davie-led ND team; he inherited a terrible ND team from Davie and was trying to rebuild; and he has a better ND winning percentage than Weis. An objective person would at least take that into account when assessing Willingham.

I would like to emphasize that I am NOT trying to defend Willingham. I am trying to get you to see that you have been overwhelmingly negative towards him instead of objective. My point is, an objective person can see the good as well as the bad. You seem only to be able to see the bad.

This lack of objectivity also showed up when you were assessing Weis in his early years. Again, an objective person can see the good as well as the bad. With Weis, you seemed only to be able to see the good. You were a Weis apologist, calling anyone who did not see him as a genius an “ND hater” when, in fact, they were right. Weis is no genius but you could not see that, at least not initially.

So I would respectfully suggest that you work on your ability to objectively assess the football program. Please, no more personal attacks and name calling.

One needs not look any further than Florida's constant dominance, Alabama's resurgence, LSU and Ohio State continuously in top 10 rankings, USC's top 5 finishes 5 years running and top 5 recruiting classes to attest a good recruiting class year after year means a successful program.

All be it you need a good coach…unlike Weiss

1) John Gruden – Has to be top of the list
2) Mark Richt – Georgia coach is proven 800% winner, BCS wins, great recruiter and may want a change
3) Tony Dungy – He loves working with youth, loved Indiana and may be ready to get back into coaching?
4) Kirk Ferentz – Not a Mark Richt but worth a look
5) Harbaugh – Not ready for ND yet, we dont need another Willingham Stanford overhyped coach
6) Brian Kelly – He needs to prove he can win big time for more than one season at Cincy
7) Bob Stoops or Steve Spurrier – Either may not want to move up north but they are both getting tired at their programs and may want the challenge.. worth a phone call.
8) Greg Schiano – He has proven he can build a program at Rutgers in NJ above all places
9) Steve Marriucci – He was good at Cal, success in NFL

I'd just settle for a few wins on the field.

That's just me.